掖

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掖 U+6396, 掖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6396
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Translingual

Han character

掖 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手卜人大 (QYOK), four-corner 50047, composition ⿰扌夜)

  1. support with the arms
  2. stick in, tuck in
  3. fold up

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 437, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12262
  • Dae Jaweon: page 787, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1903, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6396

Chinese

trad. 掖
simp. # 掖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
夜 *laːɡs
鵺 *laːɡs
迹 *ʔsleːɡ
跡 *ʔsleːɡ
亦 *laːɡ
弈 *laːɡ
奕 *laːɡ
帟 *laːɡ
腋 *laːɡ
掖 *laːɡ
焲 *laːɡ
液 *laːɡ

Pronunciation

Note:
  • ia̍k/e̍k - literary;
  • iǎ/iā - vernacular (俗).
    Rime
    Character 掖
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 以 (36)
    Final (韻) 昔 (123)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 羊益切
    Baxter yek
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/jiᴇk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/jiɛk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/iæk̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/jiajk̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/iɛk̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/jĭɛk̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/i̯ɛk̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		yì
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		jik6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 掖
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		yè
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ yek ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*(r)Ak/
    English armpit

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 掖
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 15001
    Phonetic
    component         		亦
    Rime
    group         		鐸
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		繹
    Old
    Chinese         		/*laːɡ/

    Definitions

    掖

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    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    掖

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. side (of body); carry under arm

    Readings

    Korean

    Hanja

    掖 (eum 액 (aek))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    掖: Hán Nôm readings: dịch

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    References

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